Confection baking device



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Patented Oct. 11, 1932 UNITED STATES WALTER SCOTT KEYTING, OF SALT LAKECITY, UTAH CONFECTION BAKING DEVICE Application filed may 4, 1932.Serial No. 609,298.

My invention relates to baking of confections in which a meat center iscooked and baked into a batter to form a sandwich.

A further object is to provide a. machine which may be used to cookweinerwursts into a batter or which may be used with a. meat shield forforming a hamburger into a form and then baking a batter therearound;any ground meat may be used as desired and the batter poured therearoundand baked into a sandwich.

A still further object is to provide a sandwich baking machine whichcooks the meat center into the batter forming a completed sandwich witha central hol-e thereinto, said hole to be used to pour any type ofcondiments thereinto which may suit the taste of the person eating thesandwich.

A still further object is to provide a device to electrically cook andproduce a sandwich with a center foundation of meat, or meatconstituency or of other edible material surrounded by a batter ofvarious palatable doughs leaving a central opening in the centerfoundation which hole may be filled with any desirable condiment ordressings or fiavorings.

These objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which similar numerals and letters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the several views and as described in thespecification forming a part of this application and pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings in which I have shown the best and most preferred mannerof building my invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device shown closed.

Figure 2 is a similar view to Figure 1, with the side heat elementsopen.

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the baking device closed.

Figure 4 is a vertical section of the device.

Figure 5 is an end view of the meat formin mold used.

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic wiring diagram of the device.

In the drawings I have shown the base A as formed of a frustum of a conewith a top A1 formed thereon with the sidewalls thereof vertical and thetop end closed.

Onto the top of the device I then mount my baking device '13, whichconsists of a centrally disposed inner baking element 1, having the topend sharpened to enable the element to be inserted into the end ofWienerwurst, F rankfurters' etc. Disposed on two sides of the element L,I then providetwo bakin elements 2, which elements are adapted to bakedough or other material held therearound by the outer casing and bakingelements 3. The baking elements 3 are formed semi-box shaped with thesidewalls adapted to overlap and form a tight joint therebet-ween whenthe two elements are closed as shown in Figures 1 and 3; Onto to oneside andis adapted to lapover the the top of one sidev of, one element Iprovide other element 3 when the elements are together in bakingposition. The bottom of the.

funnel is 'openinto the interior of the box form of the elements. Asemi-circular portion is omitted from adjacent sides of the closed topend of theelements 3 to allow for pouring of doughs through the funnel'into the interior space between the elements 3 and around the elements2. A closure 5 is provided in the top of one element 3 which closure isadapted to be actuated by the handle 6 protruding through a slot in thetop or" the element-and said closure is to be moved across the openingsto close them when the baking is in process/ Eachof the elements 3 arepivoted to the top Alof the base-A by. pivot pins 7 being passedtherethrough. Into the' ba'king portion of the device between theelements 3, I place a removing plate 8 which plate rests on the bottom 9and which plate may be removed or moved upward when the dough hasbeenbaked to the finished sandwich, with heat elements or coils 12surrounded by insulation 13. The elements 3 are each provided withheating elements or'coils 14 surrounded by plates of insulation 15 and16.

The coil 10 is connected with the source of electrical supply from thelead in wire F by the Wire 17 and with a control switch 2 1' by the wire18. The coils 12 are connected together in series and are connected withthe source of electrical energy lead in wire F by the wire 19 and withan electrical switch 23 by the wire 20. The coils 1.4L of'the elements 3are connected together and with the lead in wire F by the wire 21'andwith a control switch 25 by the wire 22. The other lead in wire Eprovides the electrical energy to the switches in the switch box D.Control knobs 23a, 24a, and 25a, control the switches 23, 24, and 25 andare set in the side of the base A.

The elements 3 are as before stated boxlike in structure and are inreality complimentary mold sections which when placed together and held,form the completed mold. The side Walls of the elements are construct-:ed so that two edges abut and one edge of one element overlaps theabutting edges to 'makea tight seal along the Vertical sides thereof. 7

When it is desired to use a ground meat center the mold H is placedoverand around the elements 2 and the space therein filled thenpouredinto'the interior ofthe device with the ground meats. The mold is thenremoved'before dough is'poured into the device.

The operation of the device is as follows: The Frankfurter is placeddown on the element 1, then the two elements 3 are placed together andthe plate 5 moved back to open the bottom of the funnel 4c. The dough isv until'it is filled. The plate 5 is then closed and the electriccurrent is turned into the various heat elements 1, 2, and 3, by manualcontrol of the'switches 23, '24, and 25. When the dough is baked theelements 3 are separated and the plate 8 raised,freeing the sandwichfrom the device and it may then be taken therefrom with a forkorother'suitable device. Thesandwich is then inverted and the holestherein filled with the desired condiments. If'desired the Frankfurteror meat may be cooked before pouring the dough tlierearound in orderthat it will be well done.

'Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patentand claim 1. Ina device of the class described the combination ofcomplementary molds pivotally'secured to acommon base; heat elements insaid molds; a centrally disposed sharpened endheat element within theinterior space between said molds; and spaced apart heat elements oneach side of said central heat element.

WALTER SCOTT KEYTING.

